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MySQL Drivers and Plugins

PHP offers several MySQL drivers and plugins for accessing and handling MySQL.

The differences and functionality of the MySQL extensions are described within the overview of this section.

The extensions listed support the MySQL protocol. Examples of compatible database servers are » MariaDB Server, » MySQL Server, » Percona Server for MySQL, and » TiDB.